Junior wide receiver Taulib Ikharo (17) will be among the Louisiana Tech University players gearing up this week for a 3 p.m. Western Athletic Conference home game against Utah State University. Ikharo and his teammates will be attempting to snap a two-game losing streak at Joe Aillet Stadium.

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ST. LOUIS, Mo. — The U.S. Basketball Writers Association has selected Louisiana Tech guard Kelia Shelton as its Ann Meyers Drysdale women’s National Player of the Week for games ending the week of Feb. 10.

As the Western Athletic Conference Player of the Week, Shelton was nominated for the weekly award, which was chosen by a representative of the USBWA board of directors from a list of Division I conference players of the week.

DALLAS — An impressive breakout performance by freshman running back Cedric Skinner wasn’t enough, as Grambling State was ultimately undone by its lack of kicking prowess in a 31-14 loss to Prairie View A&M Saturday night in the 2012 Southwest Airlines Texas State Fair Classic at the Cotton Bowl.

Grambling squandered a 14-10 second quarter lead, getting outscored 21-0 the rest of the way to fall to 0-5 overall and perhaps more importantly, 0-4 within the Southwestern Athletic Conference.